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February 9, 2013: Dry Saturday - rain chance increase tonight/Sunday

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February 9, 2013

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Good Saturday morning everyone! I have made a few changes to the blog. I am going to try place the weather tracking tools at the bottom three quarters of the page. The top quarter of the page will be my current thoughts and comments concerning what I am seeing on the models and the latest data.

Dry weather will prevail today. Nothing major to talk about!

Rain chances increase tonight into Sunday - the best chance of showers and thunderstorms will arrive on Sunday late morning into the afternoon hours.

Right now the risk for severe thunderstorms appears to be low.

Rainfall totals will be in the 0.40-0.80" range - locally heavier amounts likely in some counties.

A winter storm may develop on Tuesday night/Wednesday across the southern United States and move east/northeast into the southeast states. This storm system may track further south than recent events - I am not confident that it will impact our region. I am giving it a 2 in 10 chance for bringing snow into our local region. Not the best chance. But, I will continue to monitor it.

A winter storm may develop on Tuesday night/Wednesday across the southern United States and move east/northeast into the southeast states. This storm system may track further south than recent events - I am not confident that it will impact our region. I am giving it a 2 in 10 chance for bringing snow into our local region. Not the best chance. But, I will continue to monitor it.

Pattern should be interesting for the U.S. over the coming weeks. Lot of jet stream energy.

If you are a weather enthusiast then I recommend listening to WeatherBrains each week! For a more in-depth look at what is happening in meteorology.

Now is a GREAT time to buy a NOAA All Hazards Weather Radio. Better to have one before storms strike than to be without one during an event. I recommend the Midland Model 300 NOAA All Hazards Weather Radio - that is what I use here at my house!